Belly-finning head for fish-cleaning machines



E. H. WAUGH. BELLY FINNING HEAD FOR FISH CLEANING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.8, l9l7. 1,337,375. Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

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BELLY HNAHNG HEAD FOR FISH CLEANING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.8. m7. 1,337,375.

Patented Apr. 20,1920.

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APPLICATION FILED DEC. 8, I9I7. 1,337,375, Patented Apr. 20; 1920.

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IBELLY-FINNING- HEAD FEB, FISH-CLEANING MACHINES.

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Application To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, EDWARD H. imon, a citizen of the United States, andresident of the city of Seattle, county of King, and State ofWashington, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Belly Finning l-leads for Fislrflleaning Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to fish cleaning ma chines and particularly to apart thereof which is used for removing the belly fins. It may thereforebe called a belly finning head.

The object of my invention is to improve upon the devices which haveheretofore been used for this purpose, whereby better results beattained.

My present invention consists of the parts and combinations of partswhich are illustrated in the accompanying drawings and defined by theclaims terminating this specification.

Figure 1 is a 'side View of my device showing enough of the machine towhich it is applied to illustrate the manner of its application.

Fig. 2 is a section taken on the axis of the cutting disks, and in theplane of movement of the fish.

3 is a front view of the head.

Fig. l is transverse section taken in the main just above the rotativereel.

Fig. 5 is a section on a parallel plane n through the transverse drivingshafts.

6 shows in perspective the construction of the bearing employed at theswinging axis.

My present invention is an improvement upon ti e belly finning headsshown in the two patents to E. A. Smith, No. 998,129 of July 18, 1911,and No. 1,034,525 of August 6, 1912. It is intended to be used onmachines of this type. The description and illustration of other partsof the machine is therefore not deemed to be necessary at this time. Itwill sufiice to say that the segments 10 represent portions of therotative rings between which the fish are held and where by the fish issuccessively presented to the various pieces of apparatus which aremounted upon or supported from the frame 1. It is contemplated that thefish be presented and handled in the same manner as is set forth in saidpatents.

Specification of Letters Patent.

filed December S. 1917. Serial No. 208.275.

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Patented Apr. 20, 1920.

The finning saws employed consist of saucer shaped disks 2 and havingteeth on their edges and are connected up so as to be turned inrespectively opposite directions. This construction is, in the main,like that shown in said patents.

The shaft 21 is fixed to the outer disk 2 and is journaled in the hollowshaft to which the inner disk is secured. These shafts have thereonbevel gears 2t and 23 which are oppositely driven from a bevel gear 25which is secured to turn with a spur gear 28 and bevel gear 27, thelatter being turned by a bevel ge r 2... This manner of drive isessentially the same as shown in said patents.

In the present construction the inner shaft 21 is extended until itprojects beyond its bearings. It is provided with two collars, 15, 16,secured thereto, although the innermost collar is free to permit slightmovement lengthwise the shaft and the outer collar 15 may be adjustableas a nut on the shaft to vary the tension of the spring 160. By thisexpedient the two toothed disks 2 and 20 are held together a yi ldingmanner and with a uniform, constant pressure exerted between them. lnthis way a more uniform working condition. and better results aresecured. The pressure cannot be excessively high or low liaetween thecutting disks.

Secured to the frame 11 which is the main frame of the finning head,is'a bar 17, which extends closely under the revolving cutting disks,each end turning up and being secured to the frame 11. To this bar 17 issecured a guard or lifter plate 18, which hugs close to the cuttingdisks with its forward edge close up to the point This plate preventsfrictional engagement of the outer cutting disk with the fish and alsoserves as a presser plate or guard to control the position of thefiniing head by the fish itself.

The head is carried by the two members 3 and 30, both of which havepivotal supporting engagement with a frame mem ber 14L and with theframe 11 of the head. These members therefore act as links to permitmovement of the head as a whole and yet maintain it in a constantangular position.

The member 3 is hollow and contains a shaft which has the bevel gear 29thereon and through which the parts of. the head are d'riven.

Thehead is acted upon by a counterweight 38, through an arm 87, to swingthe frame outward, or away from the iish carrying mechanism, and by aspring, as the spring 35, to swing the head inward. The spring as shownis a helical spring mounted upon a rod 32 which is pivoted at to theframe 1 or another fixed member, and acts between. the adjusting nut 36and aguide finger 34. carried by the frame of the head. The weight 38 isadjustable is also the tensioi'l. of the spring so that the head may benicely balanced. By the construct on shown the adjustments, particularlyt at of the spring, are so placed as to he readily accessible.

This is also true of all the adjustments provided for the various partsof the head.

The reel 4 is, in construction and function the same as in the Smithpatents referred to. It is, however, mounted somewhat diilerently so asto have a capacity "for yielding under certain conditions and also beadjustable in position relative to the cutting disks.

The reel is journaled between. the arms of a yoke 13 which is a part ofthe frame 153. At one side a train of gears 1, 12 and i3 furnish drivingconnection from the shaft let to the shaft 4:0 oi th reel. scan .3 agear -15 on its opposi end which meshes withgear 28.

The outer end of frame 12 is pivoted on oneend oi a link 14 which hasits other end pivoted upon the main frame 11 oithe fina-n'd a spring, as50, normally holds the them oil. Theseare of the 'tion;

ning head; A. link 5 ispivoted between lugs 19 on the. link 14;, or inany other suitable way is; connected with the supplemental frame 12which carries the reel This link has guided agement with the main "frame11, as hy'pa ng'through an arm or lug 51.,

trams toward the i 18), yet 1.

tracting if this i be necessary.

The blades Gare the blades which engage and raise the: fine so that thesaws may cut former construc- The lower end of yoke 13 is connectedwithmain frame 1]; by, a link 16 which permits allimitedt movement ofthe yoke 13 and the reels 4.- toward' and from the fish. The position oft -elower end of the yoke and reel is' also adjustable slightly byadjusting: the, nut: upon the bolt 1-7 to which the other end ofthe-link46 ispivoted.

The fin lifting and guiding plates i are shown in the Smith patents1116I1i3i0fl These are held yieldingly together by a spring 35 mountedon rod 32 which; con meets; the rear cm s of the plates 3?", upon whichthe plates 6 are hinged. These plates are connected by segment gears 38so as to move alike.

v 'v httt' 1 claim as my invention is:

1. The combination with fin cutters 0-. a rotatable reel engaging thefish in advance of the cutters yieldingly held toward the fish.

l1 belly firming device comprising, in combination, a framefinningsawsjournaled in said frame, a fish engaging reel, a frame in which saidreel is rotatable, means for arrying the reel frame from the saw frameto permit relative mo -rement in-the general direction of the axis ofthe saws, and a spring acting to hold the reel to. ard the fish.

3. The combination with cutters, a

.-1ent in the direction of toward and from 1 toward the fish.

1. The combination with fin cutters, a frame in which the cutters aremounted, a fish-engaging reel, a reel frame, means con necting saidframes to permit relative movement in the direction of toward and fromthe fish, a spring acting to hold the reel toward the fish, and a stoplimiting the movement oi. the. reel toward the fish.

5. A; fish finn'ing device comprising two toothed cutting disks mountedto rotate with their cutting edges in contact, and means for yieldinglholding d disks in contact.

6. A fish finning device cor sing two toothed cutting disks mounted forconcentric and opposite rotation v 'th their cutting edges in contact,and a spring holding said edges in yielding contact.

7. A fish finning device comprising two disks'having conical peripheralbands nesting together and toothed means for producing relative-rotationbetween the two and a spring yieldingly holding their cutting edges incontact.

8. A fish finning device comprising a retatahle disk having conicalperipheral margin and toothed, a complementally toothed member, meansfor yieldingly holding said memhers in contact at the fin cutting point,and means for producing relative rotary movement betwee'n the two.

9. '11 fish inning device comprising two rotatable disks having conedperipheral tootheo margins nesting together, separate sh aitsfor saiddisks, one being journaled in the other and a spring acting-between saidshafts to hold the disks in yielding contact.

. shaft secured to the-other disk and-forming a hearing therefor, aspring; acting between said shaits to yieldingly hold the toothedemploying two oppositely rotated cutting ClSiZS having toothedcontacting edges, of a between said disks and the fish e i 1 aw 30590,Del/w its forward edge jest hack of the cutting 17.4.1 utting ng device,the combina- \JAA v l the in g cutters and the frame ich they mounted,of a rotatable in w links connecting s ment of the reel me toward andthe fist and for adjusting the separat n c; said at the end which 1ereel.

i 1e reel is jou iled, aid frames to permit move s ca ing frame towardand d ad ustable means tor innct he reel irame toward the and from thedeli, adjustable means limiting thereror counterweight, an aditsti rodhaving one end fixed d the otl r having iding' enient wi h the 1- idextending in the eat of the as t swinging move head, a spring mounted onsaid rod, and mean s o adjusting the action. of said spring.

18. The combination with a belly [inning cad of supporting means thereor comprisng swinging links, counterweight acting; o swing the head ondirection, a rod ecured at no end and ext nding outward .Join the head,a spring acting between said rod and he head in opposition to thecounterweight, and means for adjusting the tension upon said sprin 19.The combination with a finning head, a swinging 310L111 therefor, acounterweight acting to sa'd head in one direction, a rod secured at itsinner end from the "frame and extending outwan 1y past the head, aspring upon the outer end of said rod and at its inner end engaging thehead, and an adjusting nut upon the 011 1' end of said rod the outer endof the spring.

20. The combination with a inning head, paraliel link suspension forsaid head, a counterweight acting to swing the head in one direction, arod pivoted by its inner end to a :ixed member and extending outwardlypast the head, an arm carried by a swinging miner and h ving guidingengagement with said rod, coiled spring surrounding said rod outwaidiyfrom said adjusting nut upon the outer rod.

Signed at Seattle, Vi ashington, this 27th day of November, 1917.

EDW iRD H. EVAUGH.

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